It really depends on when this happens. If it would happen today, there would be bloodshed, but probably not on a Tiananmen level. The longer we wait, the more likely that the number of deaths is higher in such a case. Which makes it that much more important to act now (which, to be fair, is easy for me to say, considering I don't live in the US).
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First of all, I don't think the Anerican military would follow that order. Shooting supposed drug smugglers illegally and shooting your neighbors illegally are two different kettle of fish for us humans who want to belong to sonething.
They would have to turn off the internet including satellites and then destroy all camera capable gadgets, maybe with an EMP. I think this is too much hassle. There won't be a Tiananmen Sq in the US. The Chinese could control the narrative internally and didn't give af about the rest of the world - in 1989. As we see in Iran today, the world is but a village and footage travels fast. The risk is too high.
But keep looking at ICE or "proud" militias. I would not be surprised to hear about these bastards sniping at protest leaders or even rando participants to discourage more protests. Look for fat guys on roofs.
It won't be their neighbors though it'll be troops shipped in from the other side of the country just like in China.
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We did already, when MacArthur razed the Bonus Army. FDR was elected the next election and bought some guillotine insurance in the form of taxes and social programs.
False flag incoming
Imagine a scenario where an American government deployed armed soldiers into the center of a city to suppress a civilian revolt against the government.
A thing that has never happened before.
If maga successfully tigs the election to perfect a democratic takeover in November there will be tiananmen level event every week.
The United States? No.
The American Nazi Party? Without a doubt.
There is no more United States. They would have to be United for that name to still apply. Now there is only the Disunited, Distracted States of America and the rapidly growing Fourth Reich taking their territory from within.
The orange regime kinda tried to do that in the first stint, and I would not be super shocked if they tried and actually did something like that nowadays. But it would also probably trigger widespread riots, if not outright rebellion in a lot of places.
Yes. Yes they would. Only it would be different as they’d need to have thousands of babies and kittens to fill up the empty spaces before they crushed them to death, as trump’s pathetic little ego can’t fathom being compared to someone- he has to beat them.
So yeah… What deplorable acts China did would be dwarfed by this fascist if given the chance. And I guarantee you that he wants that chance.
They don't bother with such things, America uses other means to squash such protests long before organization.
The means of organizing (the internet) is also the surveillance state. "grass roots" organizing has been dead for a very long time.
See the Patriot Act and history of CIA for further details. Recommend "Legacy of Ashes" by former CIA spook regarding history since 1950s or so. The people in charge then have been replaced by far worse, worse every term.
We only know a tiny bit, and what we do know is truly staggering and frankly when I've repeated actual facts online I've been told I'm a conspiracy theorist and booted, so I'll skip that part. The truth sounds ridiculous.
This is all publicly available information, they don't even bother hiding it any longer.